I've included on this site a listing of some apps that are categorized by subject and price. You can find that on the iPad Resources tab across the top. More information will be added to that page over time!

Here's a link to my slide deck for my Apple TV Workshop I conducted at ISTE 2014. Although it's bittersweet that Jason Seliskar was unable to attend, I'm honored that he picked me to fill in his shoes.

Well, after a long three year adventure (cue Gilligan's Island music), I'm proud to announce that I have completed my requirements for my Masters of Arts Degree in Educational Technology. For my Thesis, I focused on Mobile Technologies and Instructional Design. I'm very much looking forward to taking a small break from school for a bit!

Mark Hammonsmark.hammons@gmail.commymastersjourney1http://sites.google.com/feeds/content/site/markhammons/82066877206115985512011-03-02T17:12:25.831Z2016-07-18T14:40:37.539Z2011-03-02T17:14:06.572ZJoining the Pearl Family

In continuing my musical resume, I'm pleased to announce that I've joined the Pearl Drum family. It's a pleasure to partner with such a great group and this will only help promote the great things happening with music in the valley!

I had an amazing time at ISTE this past week. I'm still trying to recoup from all the learning and already missing the new and old friends! I'm going to work next week to compile lists from my workshops, especially the iPad in education sessions! Enjoy the rest of your summer!

It's official... I found out yesterday through email that I've become and Apple Distinguished Educator, Class of 2011. I'm one of 76 that were selected out of all those that applied in the United States. It's a great honor to be part of a such a great class of people... I'm looking forward to learning and sharing with all of them!

I started this course, run by Dan Russel from Google, in July when it was first offered. I found it to be a really enjoyable course, but missed the assessment timeframe due to another conflict. Thankfully, it was recently offered and I made sure to carve out the time to complete it this time around. It's really a great way to brush up on some search skills (many I learned at the Google Teacher Academy, but discovered a few new one here) for helping educators.

Be sure to check it out when it becomes available again: http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/

Well, I finally took the plunge and applied to become a DEN Star. Discovery Education offers a tremendous amount of great educational resources for teachers and students, and the DEN Star program is a great resource to connect with other educators. I look forward to the great things coming!

WOW... what a great CUE event this year. From receiving a Gold Disk (with fellow GCT, ADE and FCOE alum Jon Corippo) to hanging with Levar Burton to the overwhelming outpour of gratitude from all who attended my sessions... just wow! I can't thank you all enough!

I'm very excited to get a chance to play with Google+. I see a lot of potential with it and am very anxious to see how this might fit into my "online" life. I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook on most days, and I'm hoping this might be something that will be very beneficial for how I connect with teachers and other educators.

I had the pleasure of reading through nearly 40 proposals for the upcoming ISTE conference in San Diego. It was a little more daunting than I thought, but it was a lot of fun to read some of the great ideas that people are looking to do!

I've been invited to speak at the local Fresno MAC Users group on February 1st, 2011. After meeting with some professors at Fresno State, one of them asked me to come show them some of the Google Tools I was presenting. How can I resist!?!